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  • When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that would hold him to his mortal life. Otherwise he would've dissolved. I had seen Annabeth, and I had a feeling he had too. He had pictured that scene Hestia showed me—of himself in the good old days with Thalia and Annabeth, when he promised they would be a family. Hurting Annabeth in battle had shocked him into remembering that promise. It had allowed his mortal conscience to take over again, and defeat Kronos. His weak spot—his Achilles heel—had saved us all

    Hurt   Rivers   Focus  
  • Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

  • Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in West Virginia this system must be fixed and it must be fixed now. We cannot afford to wait even one more minute.

  • It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.

    Strong   Military   War  
  • Achilles absent was Achilles still!

    Homer (1818). “The Iliad of Homer. Translated by A. Pope. A new edition. Adorned with plates”, p.476
  • Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits are both the hallmark of capitalism and its Achilles heel, for no business can permanently maintain its prices much above its costs. There is only one way in which profits can be perpetuated; a business-or an entire economy-must grow.

    Healthy   Growth   Cost  
  • Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.

    Mighty Aphrodite, www.imdb.com. 1995.
  • A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them?

    "Aviation, Geography, and Race". Reader's Digest, pp. 64-67, November 1939.
  • The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

  • I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.

  • Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

  • I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

    Real   Thinking   Oil  
    Source: www.cnbc.com
  • Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

  • If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

    Beer   Thinking   Careers  
  • All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel.

  • I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping. I find that technology has made it so that we don't need to have a memory system, and as I get older I want to do things that challenge me. What could be more challenging than doing this show with a knee that's been replaced, after tearing my Achilles heel with a baker's cyst on the back of my knee? And then I have to try and dance!

    Source: www.broadwayworld.com
  • In questioning initially whether I am a great investor, I open the door to question whether other similarly esteemed public icons like Bill Miller are as well. It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel - wherever and whatever that might be.

    Doors   Icons   Might  
  • Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

  • The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

    Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
  • There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.

    Thinking   Oxford   Ego  
    "The Best Kanye-Isms From Yeezy's Oxford Speech" by Jill Krasny, www.esquire.com. March 3, 2015.
  • But don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty. That's my Achilles' heel, and don't you forget it. To me, everything is beautiful. Show me a pink sunset and I'm limp, by God.

    j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”
  • Avoid greed and fear. These are the investor's Achilles heels. Keeping all your money in the bank earning 3% interest is just as foolish as dumping your entire savings into the market thinking you'll make a quick buck.

    Thinking   Greed   Bucks  
  • As long as you win Monaco, that's the one. In my ten years of Formula One, I've only won here once. This is my second time.Every year, it feels like this is your Achilles heel. You almost have it and then you don't. It's such a hard race to win.

    Winning   Race   Years  
    Source: www.manforhimself.com
  • Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

  • On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but on Achilles' Heel I would just start writing and try to let the song and my sub-conscience determine the direction. which is a goofy way of saying I tried not to decide before hand what the song and or the characters would do and be like.

  • First of all, most traders don't have a winning strategy. Second, even among those traders who do, many don't follow their strategy. Trading puts pressure on weaker human traits and seems to seek out each individual's Achilles' heel.

  • The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles' heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.

    Money   Hurt   Two  
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